Old Friends (Angel comic)
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| Old Friends | |
 Cover of the Trade Paperback. |
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing |
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| Format | Soft cover, 120 pages |
| Publication date | June 25, 2006 |
| Number of issues | 5 |
| Main character(s) | Angel and co |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Jeff Mariotte |
| Artist(s) | David Messina |
Old Friends is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Angel television series.
Contents |
[edit] Story description
[edit] Angel: Old Friends #1
A vampiric figure seems to be causing a string of deaths in LA, so Angel must return to the city to investigate with Gunn. The case reunites him with old friends and old enemies.
[edit] Angel: Old Friends #2
Having learned that Spike had a doppelganger, the vampiric-like killings continue across L.A., and Angel is drawn back into the city.
[edit] Angel: Old Friends #3
Angel learns he may not be able to even trust his eyes as the events in the city take a turn toward darkness when they see Wesley and Illyria.
[edit] Angel: Old Friends #4
Angel and his friends try to find out who is playing tricks on them, by finding Lorne, but when another Lorne shows up who can they trust?
[edit] Angel: Old Friends #5
Angel hopes he can trust his friends as conflict approaches with Dr Sparrow whom has been creating doppelgangers of Angel and his old friends.
[edit] Trivia
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- Old Friends is the second Angel mini-series. Jeff Mariotte declared after completed it that he would likely discontinue writing for the Buffyverse, having already written eleven Angel novels, and eleven Angel comics.
- Characters include: Angel, Gunn, Illyria, Spike, and Wesley.
- Cover artists for the original comics included: David Messina, Neil Yokes, Tone Rodriguez, Sean Phillips, Lee Kohse and Russell Walks.
- In an interview originally posted on CityofAngel.com, Mariotte explained that he originally proposed two storylines for the comics, this is probably the second storyline which got put on hold until after The Curse introduced comic readers to the character, Angel.
[edit] Continuity
- Set after Angel Season 5, (after the episode Not Fade Away), and after the comic series, The Curse.
[edit] Canonical issues
Buffy/Angel comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise. Therefore, there is evidence for these comics to represent an (albeit incomplete) continuation of the Angel storyline.
Wesley-Wyndam Pryce died in "Not Fade Away". He does not appear in this comic, instead we see a doppelganger created by Dr Sparrow. (This is also the reason why Cordelia and Fred seem to appear in this comic, both having previously died in "You're Welcome" and "A Hole in the World" respectively).
Old Friends contradicts the story established by Angel: After The Fall, which reveals Gunn has been turned into a vampire and has not lost either of his eyes.
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse: Spring 2003 – 2004 (non-canon = italic) |
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| Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004 | Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers (unofficial continuity) |
| 2003-2004 | Buffy book: Dark Congress |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.01 Conviction |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.02 Just Rewards |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.03 Unleashed |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.04 Hell Bound |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.05 Life of the Party |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.07 Lineage |
| Europe, 2003 | Tales of the Vampires: Antique |
| L.A., 2003 | Angel comic: Spike vs. Dracula #5 |
| L.A., 2003 | Angel comic: Wesley: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.08 Destiny |
| L.A., 2003 | A5.09 Harm's Way |
| L.A., 2003 | Angel comic: Spike: Old Wounds |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.10 Soul Purpose |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.11 Damage |
| L.A., 2003/4 | Angel comic: Spike: Lost and Found |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.12 You're Welcome |
| L.A., 2003/4 | A5.13 Why We Fight |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.14 Smile Time |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.15 A Hole in the World |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.16 Shells |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel comic: Illyria: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.17 Underneath |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.18 Origin |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel comic: Gunn: Spotlight |
| 2004 | Angel comic: Connor: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.19 Time Bomb |
| Four months before Shadow Puppets | Angel comic: Spike: Asylum |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel comic: Spike: Shadow Puppets |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.20 The Girl in Question |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.21 Power Play |
| L.A., 2004 | A5.22 Not Fade Away |
| L.A./Hell, 2004 | Angel comics: After The Fall |
| Romania, 2004 | Angel comics: The Curse |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel comics: Old Friends |
| L.A., 2004 | Angel comics: Auld Lang Syne |
- Here are all the Angel comics listed chronologically:
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